Bismuth metal is used in the manufacture of low melting solders and fusible alloys as well as low toxicity bird shot and fishing sinkers. Certain bismuth compounds are also manufactured and used as pharmaceuticals.

Cadmium Scrap is a byproduct of smelting and refining zinc metal from sulfide ore. It is also recovered from spent nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries. Cadmium compounds, Cadmium sulfates and Cadmium chlorides